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Caltrans Proposes Truck-Only Expressway on I-710

In its proposal for improvements to Interstate 710 in Los Angeles County between Ocean Boulevard and State Route 60, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is looking at a provision of a separate four-lane freight corridor to be used by conventional or zero-emission trucks.

The goal of the freeway-widening project is to reduce diesel emissions, including ozone and ultrafine particulates, in the low-income neighborhoods that line the freeway, reports the Los Angeles Wave.

Other major elements addressed in the Draft EIR/EIS include widening the I-710 freeway up to 10 general purpose lanes (five lanes in each direction); modernizing and reconfiguring the I-405, SR-91 and a portion of the I-5 interchanges with the I-710; and modernizing and reconfiguring most local arterial interchanges along the I-710. Currently, a draft of the environmental impact report is available for a 60-day public review.

A series of public hearings will take place in August to update the public on the Draft EIR/EIS and the potential effects this project may have on the environment. Those hearing dates are: